If the bible is the truth? then how come? (Revisited)?

Question

I earlier asked why the bible wouldn't include events from regions all over the world, and I got some ignorant answers. Why would God choose only to appear in that region of the world? What makes people in those regions any more special then people from China? After all, God destroyed many nations in that region due to their sinfullness! In the bible, God rants on and on how everyone must believe only in God or die! If God never visited China, then how could they've believed in the christian God? How could people from China in that specific time have believed in Jesus when Jesus never were there to preach them? Does that mean that people from other regions not described in the bible doesn't need to follow God's words? It just doesn't make sense that a book that you christians think is the truth would not ignore other regions of the world! And if God did visit China of the record off the bible, why is there no record of it from Chinese people?

And don't start with the old, "they were the chosen ones, they were the example blah blah blah". An example for the people who's already dead???

And don't forget that there are a whole lot of stories concerning non believers too, but only in that region!

Answer 1

the bible is a history of the isrealites, written by them. theyre telling their story, not anyone elses.

Answer 2

The reason for God and the Bible dealing only with the Jewish people is an unanswerable question. He doesn't give us any clue as to why. One reason may be that it was in the area of the Fertile Crescent that humans began to write and develop the social infrastructures needed to allow a development of a civilization.

We do know that God began to work with Abram of Ur because He found a measure of faith in him; and, through time and testing, developed the relation with Abram that is related in Genesis. Was Abram, later called Abraham, the first one? I doubt it, but he was the one that God chose.

By the way, "God destroyed many nations in that region due to their sinfulness! In the bible, God rants on and on how everyone must believe only in God or die!" This statement may be true to a point. But you must remember that there were many, many , many more that He did not kill outright!! When the Bible states that many people were killed by an action of God or one of His people, there was a lesson behind it that spoke to His people. If God was so intent on killing everyone who did not obey Him, there would be nobody around!! Remember that even at Jericho, Rahab was saved from death even though God had ordered the complete destruction of Jericho.

Answer 3

The books of the Bible that we read is only includes what was written in that area. That is why. If you read other "bibles" you will get stories from other places. But according to the bible they are not true. The bible was written thousands of years after the death of christ. They were of course translated into a language that could be understood, the translation like any is at the discretion of the translator. There are some words that do no translate and therefore the translator is able insert whatever he or she wishes.

My theory and I always catch heck for it is this.....GOD!!!! the great creator of all on this planet revealed himself to many people in many different forms. The stories are different in these books because the translators are different. There is one story that even the most devote christian cannot deny. That is the storie of the ark and the flood. This story appears in almost every organized religion known to man. The characters are different and so is the story but the basics are the same. The Higher Power tells someone to build a boat to prepare for the coming flood. He instructs him to fill it with animals and the flood comes and they are the only ones left.

Answer 4

Then how come?

According to bible history the beginning of the human race began in the area of Mesopotamia, which borders the ancient region of Asia. From there the early patriarchs after Adam spread into the surrounding areas, and continued to settle in what is now known as Israel. Jesus was born from the descendants of Abraham and beyond to Adam. His lineage is recorded in Mt 1 and Lu 3.
There were many citizens in those other lands that did embrace the God of the Israelites. They became known as alien residents among the Hebrews who had the priviledge of coming to know God.-Le 24:22.
There is one Oriental who is mentioned in bible history. Job, from the land of Uz was an upright man who feared God. The book recorded after his name gives a testimony to his faith in the Almighty.
The early Christians spread the word of God and the gospel (good news) of Christ from Judea into surrounding nations to the west, which included ancient Asia, then into the region of Italy.-Ac 10:34. For centuries now the word of Christ Jesus has infiltrated into all lands of the earth and is available in thousands of languages including the Chinese people.
Jesus was limited in his day to teaching the scriptures to those of his own region, but gave the assignment to his disciples to spread the message of the good news to all nations of the earth.-Mt 24:14.
As can be seen from bible history, God does care about all people and his work is still being accomplished today.

Answer 5

Jesus chose to appear to that reason of the world because they were the chosen people of the Lord. They were the children of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, whom God promised to that they were the elect of God. That is why they are more special than those in China. The fact that he didn't visit those in China is where we come in, it is our job to spread the word to the 4 corners of the Earth. No, they still need to follow God's word, once they here it from us. It makes perfect sense.

Again, I will use the logic I used in my last answer, why do we need to listen to the history of China, if we are not mentioned in the Chinese history? The Bible is a history of the Israelite people, and the Hebrew nation. The Chinese records are their history, but the Hebrews don't need to listen to them right? since they aren't mentioned in them.

God did not ignore them, just didn't go to them, because they would have had no idea who he was. Would you like it if some guy came down and started preaching a religion that was completely unlike yours? the Chinese had no idea who God was, so would not have accepted Him. There is no record of it in the Chinese records because it didn't happen.

Answer 6

they were the chosen one because the other people were not worthy of his love,The sinned, they lived unclean lives. The only reason people moved to other regions during that time is because God confused the languages. So the people during that time had to migrate to the language. Before the confusion of the languages There was on language HEBREW. If you do not believe in God that is your choice, God gives us free will. you really need to read a bible

Answer 7

Now, that you have clarified where you are going with your question, the answer you need to hear (not necessarily want), is that God will deal with them in the future - namely, at the return of Jesus Christ to this earth. Read about it throughout the pages of the Bible, more specifically, in the various prophetic verses contained, therein. Do you really think, that a Holy, just, merciful God would not make provision for eternal life for ALL of His human creation, ultimately ?
God is in the SAVING business and that is what He intends and will do - He promises all of us this. Read the Book and you will see that there is a "method" in the apparent "madness".

Answer 8

For all the speculation that we may make, I don't think that any Christian who is honest with themself can come up with a good answer to that question. It is part of the reason that many Christians don't believe in hell, or that only really bad people go there and the rest go to purgatory.

Answer 9

The Bible is about the nature of God, the nature of man, the nature of sin, and love...as well as other themes....Sorry about the geography, but, i believe the message is universal...The Bible says God judges a mans heart, which would apply to those who may not have heard the message..

Answer 10

Jesus sent his followers to convert people. Look, God isn't going to send someone who lived a good life but never heard of Christ or Him to hell. God loves the Chinese just as much as anyone else. If a pagan (I mean it in the truest sense of the word, someone who has never been told about God, or Jesus) lived a virtuous life, God isn't going to send that person to hell. God of the old testament sounds pretty scary...that is why he sent Christ into the world, to make it simple, "Love one another as I love you" And how do you make sure you don't hurt someone else? Follow the Ten Commandments. Plain and simple. Screw up and feel awful about it? repent, God fogives you. Screw up and feel happy about it? God has given you the choice to chose Him by following his word...you can only blame yourself for where you end up and they don't serve breakfast in Hell.

Answer 11

So you found something that doesn't make sense in the Bible.
So what? The Bible is a bunch of nonsense anyway.
And now watch how "Bible scholars" will start posting copy-and-paste from the Bible to prove ... the Bible.